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Eminent Domain Quotes

“Oh don't torture my heart! I'll die of sadness in one week there. Living among strangers! How can you transplant an old tree?”

Home Rootedness Eminent Domain Rooted Values

Book:Farewell to Matyora

Source: Farewell to Matyora

“Let them drown me, if that's what they want. Let them. You die once. What's there to be afraid of?”

Home Evacuation Eminent Domain

Book:Farewell to Matyora

Source: Farewell to Matyora

“Everything that just recently had seemed eternal and solid as rock was so quickly turned into rack and ruin you just wanted to shut your eyes and forget.”

Home Homelessness Eminent Domain

Book:Farewell to Matyora

Source: Farewell to Matyora

“It should go without saying that even the most narrowly construed eminent-domain power would violate individual rights. Either a person owns his legitimately acquired property or he does not.”

Should Persons Doe Individual Rights Property Domain Individual Rights Eminent Domain

Author:Sheldon Richman

“What 'eminent domain' laws mean in practice is that politicians have a right to seize your property and turn it over to someone else, in order to gain campaign contributions and win votes.”

Mean Law Order Turns Winning Practice Politician Gains Vote Property Campaigns Contribution Domain Campaign Contributions Eminent Domain

Author:Thomas Sowell

“There's a very good reason that governments aren't supposed to compete with private-enterprise companies. Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.”

Reason Government Certain Force Company Very Good Enterprise Domain Monopoly Private Enterprise Deadly Force Eminent Domain

Author:P. J. O'Rourke

“While I believe our Constitution allows for State and local governments to execute the power of eminent domain for those purposes that specifically serve the public good, condemning property solely to implement economic development plans is not serving the public good.”

Believe States Government Purpose I Believe Plans Economic Development Constitution Property Locals Serving Domain Economic Development Condemning Public Good Local Government Eminent Domain

Author:Solomon Ortiz

“One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue.”

Use Government Decision Taken Greater Land Taxes Property Definitions Available Parks Revenue Domain Manipulate Private Property Loopholes Eminent Domain

Author:Jim Ryun